The Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office said it sequestrated over 11.3 million lei held by SRL “Argus-S” in BC “Victoriabank” SA, which was to be transferred to the accounts of a non-resident company in Turkey, IPN reports.

In the bank fraud case, the prosecutors determined that SRL “Argus-S” on November 9 initiated two transfers totaling US$660,166.12 to the non-resident company Otiv Prime Services BV, to a bank account opened in Turkey.

According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the last time the former leader of the Democratic Party (PDM) was localized namely in Turkey. “Given that the mentioned commercial companies are incorporated into the non-resident company Otiv Prime Holding BV, whose effective beneficiary is citizen Vladimir Plahotniuc, the prosecutors blocked the transactions, asking to sequestrate the money for eventual special confiscation so as to repair the damage caused by this offense,” says a press release of the institution.

On May 18, the PGO issued an order to indict the former leader of the PDM, charging him with the creation and management of a criminal organization, swindle and large-scale money laundering.